--- Nathan Newman <nathanne at nathannewman.org> wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "andie nachgeborenen"
> <andie_nachgeborenen at yahoo.com>
> -You've really gone over the top, or through the
> -bottom, Nathan, if you are willing to excuse
> criminal
> -behavior because the crooks support some good
> -legislation. I thought you were a lawyer.
>
> "Criminal behavior" has a wideranging meaning over
> the years, ranging from
> actual bad acts to union leaders defying anti-strike
> injunctions. The
> issue is not breaking the law, but whether the law
> was being used to protect
> the public or target working class representatives.
>
> -You're starting to sound like an apologist for
> Willie Stark
> -in All The King's Men. And what about ex-Governor
> -Ryan? Sure, he took a few dirty dollars (well, a
> few
> -hundreds of thousands of them) and sold a few dozen
> or
> -hundred trucker's licences to people who couldn't
> -drive, but hell, he commuted a shitload of death
> -sentences, anf after oll, only seven kidsd ied when
> -one of his truckers ran over their van.
>
> So far, what he's accused of as far as I can tell is
> trying to get Democrats
> appointed to various offices. Who has Blajovech
> killed? He hasn't even
> been indicted and you have already convicted him of
> murder by analogy.
>
> If you're the lawyer, a defense one in fact, what
> happened to innocent until
> proven guilty?
>
> Does this mean every union leader, including Eugene
> Debs, who turned a blind
> eye to violent behavior by some of his lieutenants,
> is a scoundrel.
> Where does your demand for sainthood end?
>
> -- Nathan Newman
>
>
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